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A low wind made a wave through the dense tufts of grass, in changing shades of green

From that moment on, the mania that propelled him, if still indefinite, became more acute

At that mysterious name, Cosimo pricked up his ears

Her unhappy soul revealed itself above all in the kitchen,

"I don't care a bit about your ancestors, father, sir!" the announcement of his vocation as a rebel.

So you can see how the table was the place where all the antagonisms emerged, the incompatibilities among us, along with all our follies and hypocrisies

I had benefited prematurely from my brother's promotion so that I wouldn't be left to eat alone
I say benefited only as a manner of speaking: in reality for both corsimo and me then happy times were over, and we felt regret for the meals in our little room, the two of us alone with the Abbe.